by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
I very rarely swear, nor do I find vulgarity in others a good thing. It’s not because I am a prude, or that my delicate sensibilities (if I have any!) are easily offended. Here’s why: To a degree then, I believe the health of a culture can be measured by the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing
I’ve decided to continue blogging daily, seven days a week, until the end of the year or until my first book is complete. The reasons are several-fold, but mostly it’s to keep my writing hand in the game of daily content production. After my first book—or after the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
I heard an interesting conversation the other day about finding my writer’s voice. After mastering the writing craft, voice isn’t found by looking inwards with some advanced form of navel-gazing. Instead, it’s found by outward engagement with the world....
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
Recognizing that my mentors are all one-way, fantasy relationships, I have decided to add one more, No. 7: the Seattle-based, prolific writer and philosopher Charles Johnson! Paraphasing Dorothy Boyd from the movie Jerry Maguire: You had me at “writing is a way of...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, RAVEN, Writing
There are quite a few sub-genres of thrillers: Psychological thriller.Action thriller.Crime thriller.Political thriller.Mystery thriller.Spy thriller.Legal thriller.Science fiction thriller.Techno-thriller. I wonder of there is room for one more? How about a...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
Voice comes after mastery of style.Style comes after mastery of craft. Voice comes after mastery of style.Style comes after mastery of craft. Voice comes after mastery of style.Style comes after mastery of craft…. Key message: To develop my voice, master my...
